差之毫厘　謬之千里

薛敏華　何永倉

在課本里有好多單詞貌合神離，同學們平時不善于比較對照，總是張冠李戴，造成了學習上的一些障礙，應(yīng)試中的一些失誤，筆者在教學的實踐中把高中的一些常見的，易混的詞進行了歸納整理，以供同學們借鑒，參考。

1． aboard & abroad & board & broad

<1> aboardadv.& prep.乘車（船，飛機等）

e.g. go aboard; go aboard a plane

<2> abroadadv.國外 e.g. go abroad

<3> board n.木板；委員會 v. 乘車（船，飛機等）

e.g. blackboard; a school board(教育委員會)； board a plane

on board 在車（船，飛機等）

e.g. on board a plane

<4> broad adj. 寬的e.g. broad knowledge

典型例句：

If you go abroad aboard a plane/on board a plane, youd better not take too broad a luggage.

如果你乘飛機去國外，最好不要帶太大的行李。

2． attitude & altitude & latituden.

<1> attitude 態(tài)度；看法

<2> altitude 海拔；高度

<3> latitude 緯度

典型例句：

What is your attitude to setting up a building at an altitude of 300 meters at high latitudes？

在高緯度地區(qū)建一個300米高的建筑你是什么態(tài)度呢？

3．lie & lie & layv.

<1> lie(liedlied) 撒謊 e.g.Dont lie to me.

<2> lie(laylain) 躺；位于e.g.On the hill lay a girl.

<3> lay(laidlaid) 放置；下蛋；產(chǎn)卵

e.g. Please lay the book on the desk.

典型例句：

The boy lying on the bed laid the book and lied to the teacher that he was ill, when the teacher came into the dormitory.

4.fly & flow

<1> fly (flewflown) 飛； （旗子等）飄動，飛揚

e.g. The national flag was flying from the pole.

<2> flow (flowedflowed) 流動； （衣服，頭發(fā)）垂下，飄動

e.g. Her hair flowed over her shoulders.

典型例句：

When school was over, all the students flowed the school gate and flew in all directions. 放學后，同學們涌出校門作鳥獸散。

5.see & saw

<1>see (saw; seen) 看見

<2>saw(sawed; sawed) 鋸開；鋸

典型例句：I saw the wood sawed by an old man with a saw.

6． arise & rise & raise

<1> arise vi.發(fā)生；出現(xiàn)

e.g.A new difficulty has arose.

<2> rise vi. 升起

e.g.The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

<3> raise vt. 舉起； 提出； 提高

7．a(chǎn)dapt & adopt

<1> adapt vt. 使適應(yīng)； 改編

e.g. When you go to a new country, you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs.

<2> adopt vt. 收養(yǎng)； 采納； 接受

e.g. As they had no children of their own, they adopted an orphan.

典型例句：

The boy adopted by the old couple has adapted himself to the life here.

8. attack & attach & attract

<1> attack 攻擊 e.g. attack the enemy

<2> attach 附加be attached to 為愛所束縛； 愛慕

e.g. a house with a garage attached

<3> attract 吸引e.g. He shouted to attract attention.

典型例句：

Her young brother attached to by her attacked her to attract their parents attention.

9.desert & dessert

<1> desert n. 沙漠v. 遺棄adj. 不毛的

e.g. He deserted his family.

<2> dessert n. 小甜點

10．scared & sacred

<1> scaredadj.害怕的

<2> sacredadj. 神圣的

典型例句：

The sacred temple is a scared place.

11. loyal & royaladj.

<1> loyal忠誠的 be loyal to

<2> royal皇家的

典型例句：

They should be loyal to royal power.

12.appear & appeal

<1> appear vi. 出現(xiàn)

e.g. A car suddenly appeared out of the fog.

<2> appeal vi. 呼吁；要求 e.g. We appealed to him for help.

13. physicist & physician

<1> physicist物理學家

<2> physician內(nèi)科醫(yī)生

14. coach & couch

<1> coach 教練；長途公共汽車

<2> couch 椅子e.g. a couch potato(電視迷)

15．soup & soap

<1> soup 湯

<2> soap 肥皂